Paper receptacle



A e. PORTER.

PAPER RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10. 1919.

1,303,723., Patented May13, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

ALVIN G. PORTER, OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON.

PAPER RECEPTAGLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 13, 1919.

Application filed January 10, 1919. Serial-No. 270,554.

Be it known that I, Anvnx G. PORTER, a citizen of Canada, residing at Auburn, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented new and useful Improvements in Paper Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to new and useful improvements in receptacles made, from paper or like material and the principal object of the invention relates to the manner in which the parts of the receptacle are held together.

With the above and other objects in View the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

' In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view of a box, in partly assembled position, made in accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the completed box, and Y Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofa bottle made in accordance with my invention.

This invention is an improvement over that for which I have been granted Letters Patent of the United States on September 9, 1913, No. 1,072,987.

As shown in the drawing the box is made from one piece of material. The box is composed of the sides 1 and the bottom 2. The bottom is composed of triangular-shaped extensions ofthe sides with the material scored at the base of the triangle so as to facilitate the folding of the bottom pieces at right angles to the sides. The free edges of each bottom piece is also scored so as to produce flaps 3 and a V-shaped recess is cut from one flap at the apex of the bottom piece so that one flap is longer than the other so as to produce an extension 4. It will be seen that the long flaps on each pair of bottom pieces are opposite each other so that when the bottom pieces are bent over these long flaps will contact with each other and the long flaps of one palr of end pieces are directly opposite the long flaps of the other pair of end pieces .so that the extensions 4 will overlap in the nnddle of the bottom with the ends of the short flaps abutting them. The flaps are held together by passing staples 6 therethrough and through the extensions or said flaps may be secured together by any other suitable means.

The meeting ends of the sides of the box may be secured together by the staples 7 or by any other suitable means.

The box may be formed into an egg box by placing the usual partition strips therein or said box may be used for berries or in any desired way.

The bottle shown in Fig. 3 has its bottom made similar to the box just described and the top of the bottle is closed by pressing two opposite sides inwardly and then bringing the other two sides together at their edges and passing a clip 8 around the same. In other respects this bottle is similar to that described in the beforementioned patent.

From the above description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the simplicity and advantages of the improvement will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

A receptacle of the class described made from a single sheet of material and having its bottom composed of triangular-shaped extensions of the sides. each extension being scored adjacent its free edges to form flaps and one flap having a cut-out portion there in at the apex of said extension so as to pro- .vide an extended portion on the other flap.

and means for securing said flaps and extended portions together.

In testimony whereofl affix my si ature.

ALVIN G. POR ER. 

